China - One of the undisappeared citizen journalists covering the pandemic has been sentenced to 4 years in prison - December 28, 2020

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Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan jailed for reporting on early COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan
Zhang Zhan, a Chinese citizen journalist who reported from Wuhan during the early stages of the pandemic, was sentenced to four years in prison after being accused of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble." According to her lawyer, she has been on hunger strike since June.
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Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan jailed for reporting on early COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan


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China jails citizen journalist Zhang Zhan for 4 years for reporting on the virus in Wuhan. She has been on a hunger strike since June and is reportedly force-fed via a nasal tube. China has punished 8 virus whistleblowers so far.
Her lawyer Zhang Keke talks to the press

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Zhang Zhan, a Chinese citizen journalist who criticized the government's handling of the outbreak in Wuhan, was sentenced to four years in prison.

Chinese Citizen Journalist Sentenced to 4 Years for Covid Reporting
Zhang Zhan, a former lawyer, is the first known person to be tried for challenging the Chinese government’s narrative about the coronavirus pandemic.
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Zhang Zhan, the first such person known to have been tried, was among a handful of people whose first-hand accounts from crowded hospitals and empty streets painted a more dire picture of the pandemic epicentre than the official narrative. https://trib.al/Q3zGhCV #China #Wuhan

China jails citizen-journalist for four years over Wuhan virus reporting
Zhang Zhan, the first such person known to have been tried, was among a handful of people whose first-hand accounts from crowded hospitals and empty streets painted a more dire picture of the...
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